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HANSARDRailways: FundingThe introduction of the £1 bus fare cap for young people, and now a £2 cap on all fares from the Welsh Labour Government, has been great news; it will help everyone with the cost…21 Jan 2026HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsWales is leading the UK’s clean energy mission and secured two major projects in the UK Government’s contracts for difference scheme last week: Erebus, which is Wales’s first…21 Jan 2026HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. This was the most successful auction round in European history, as I have mentioned. Awel y Môr is the first offshore wind project in Wales to…21 Jan 2026HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI simply say what I have already said to the right hon. Lady, which is that we inherited these schemes; they had well-documented problems, and that is why we have taken decisive…21 Jan 2026HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI thank the hon. Member for his question, but can I suggest that he raises that with Defence Ministers? If he would like to contact me afterwards, I am happy to raise that with…21 Jan 2026HANSARDRailways: FundingI hold a range of discussions with Ministers in the Welsh Government, including about our crucial investment in the Welsh rail network. We are investing at least £445 million in…21 Jan 2026HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this issue, particularly as it is Nuclear Week this week. We have announced the new fleet of small modular reactors at Wylfa, which are…21 Jan 2026HANSARDClean Energy ProjectsI entirely agree with my hon. Friend that investment in our offshore wind sector is integral to realising our potential as a clean energy superpower, and to creating thousands of…21 Jan 2026HANSARDJob Creation: WalesI am very pleased to hear about the new jobs created at Buttington Cross, and I should be delighted to join my hon. Friend for a milkshake—strawberry, please. Our landmark May…03 Dec 2025HANSARD2025 BudgetI am surprised at the right hon. Lady’s tone. While this Labour Government make record investment in Wales, Plaid Cymru’s response is to be the same old stuck record, with its…03 Dec 2025HANSARD2025 BudgetMy hon. Friend rightly championed the Welsh compound semiconductor cluster from the minute she arrived in this place, and I have seen its success for myself on a number of visits.…03 Dec 2025HANSARD2025 BudgetThe Government have absolutely nothing to hide.03 Dec 2025HANSARD2025 BudgetThe UK Government are providing the Welsh Government with nearly £6 billion in additional spending power over the spending review period as a result of changes to the fiscal…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe introduction of the Pride in Place programme has meant good news for Rochdale, as well as for Wales. A total of 14 communities across Wales are each benefiting from £20…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthFrom April, a full-time worker on the national living wage will see their annual pay rise by £900, on top of the £1,400 increase that we announced in the previous Budget, and 18…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe hon. Lady will know that the Welsh Government have put extra money into farming this year through their Budget. Her party in the Senedd voted against that Budget. We are…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthBritain outperformed growth forecasts this year. Growth was upgraded from 1% to 1.5%, and we are on course to achieve the second-fastest growth rate among G7 countries. The Bank…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe hon. Gentleman eloquently sets out the case for the Union. The nationalists sat in front of him would break this country apart, ruining economic growth in this country. We are…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthThere was a smörgåsbord of questions there. I just say to the shadow Secretary of State that her party wrecked the economy, starved our public services and exacerbated the cost of…03 Dec 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise the ideology of the nationalists. Nationalists in Scotland turn their back on nuclear jobs for Scots, while nationalists in Wales are…03 Dec 2025